Medical Terminology Simplified

456 CHAPTER 10• Musculoskeletal System

Word Element Meaning Word Analysis

Suffixes

-algia pain my/algia(mī-ĂL-jē-ă): pain or tenderness in muscles

my: muscle

-asthenia weakness, my/asthenia(mī-ăs-THĒ-nē-ă): weakness of muscle (and abnormal fatigue)

debility my: muscle

-pathy disease my/o/pathy(mī-ŎP-ă-thē): disease of muscle tissue

my/o: muscle

Myopathy is a disease that commonly indicates a skeletal muscle disorder.

-plegia paralysis hemi/plegia(hĕm-ē-PLĒ-jē-ă): paralysis of one side of the body

hemi-: one half

Types of hemiplegia include cerebral hemiplegia and facial hemiplegia.

-rrhaphy suture my/o/rrhaphy(mī-OR-ă-fē): suture of muscle, usually due to a muscle wound

my/o: muscle

-sarcoma malignant my/o/sarcoma(mī-ō-sar-KŌ-mă): malignant tumor of muscle tissue

tumor of my/o: muscle

connective

tissue

-tomy incision chondr/o/tomy(kŏn-DRŎT-ō-mē): incision of cartilage

chondr/o: cartilage

Pronunciation Help Long sound a ̄in ra ̄te e ̄in re ̄birth ı ̄in ı ̄sle o ̄in o ̄ver u ̄in u ̄nite

Short sound a ̆in a ̆lone e ̆in e ̆ver ̆ıin ı ̆t o ̆in no ̆t u ̆in cu ̆t

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